Sheathing for ships.



Patented Feb, 5. 190i.

filed June '1, 1900.

v w. STIVEN. SHEATHING FOB SHIPS.

(Application &

(No Model.)

UNirni) STATES WILLIAM STIVEN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SHEATHING FOR SHIPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,603, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed June 1, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM STIVEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheathing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and improved means for fastening wooden sheathing to the bottom of iron or steel boats or vessels; and its primary object is to provide a device of novel construction which may be readily se cured to the steel plates of the hull without necessitating the threading of the holes therein, but which will nevertheless remain in position in the event of the breakage of its connection with the sheathing, and thereby prevent leakage.

Afurther object is to provide means whereby the nu mberof holes necessary to be drilled in the hull may be reduced to the minimum.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invent-ion, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the securing means in position within the sheathing shown in section. Fig.2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Referring to said figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a metal plate of the hull, and 2 is a sheathing of suitable material formed of strips of suitable size; Between the edges of the strips of sheathing 2 are placed bolts 3, having long rectangular heads at, which overlap the edges of said strips and are fitted within recesses 5, formed therein. The openings 6 within the strips are of sufficient size to receive nuts 7, which are mounted on the bolts 3 and may be inserted from the outside. The bolts extend through passages 8, formed in the plates 1 of the hull, and are retained thereon by means of nuts 9 upon the bolts Serial No. 18,763- (N'o model.)

between its head and the nut 7, and therefore remain within the plate 1 and prevent leakage.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a plate having a passage therein, of strips thereon, a bolt between the strips and within the passage, a head to the bolt and overlapping the edges of the strips, and nuts upon the bolt at opposite sides of the plate.

2. The combination with a plate having a passage therein, of strips thereon, a bolt between the strips and within the passage, a head to the bolt and seated within recesses in the outer faces of the strips, a nut and washer upon the bolt within the openings between the strips and bearing upon the plate, and a nut upon the bolt at the opposite side of said plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM STIVEN.

Witnesses FREDERICK W. MOEWAN, THOS. MoEwAN, J r. 

